Published June 9, 1975
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Journal article
Formation of the muonic helium atom, αμ-e-, and observation of its Larmor precession
Creators
- 1. Gibbs Laboratory, Physics Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
Description
The muonic helium atom, αμ-e-, has been formed by stopping polarized negative muons in He gas at 14 atm with a Xe admixture of 2%, and observed through its characteristic Larmor precession frequency of 1.4 MHz/G. In addition a nonzero residual polarization of P=0.06plus-or-minus0.01 for μ- stopped in pure He gas has been measured for the first time, which corresponds to a depolarization factor of 18plus-or-minus3
Additional details
Additional titles
- Augmented title (English)
- Residual polarization of stopped muon
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 34
- Journal Issue
- 23
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 1417-1420
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 6214030
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CAPTURE; CROSS SECTIONS; DEPOLARIZATION; HELIUM; LARMOR PRECESSION; MUON REACTIONS; MUONIC ATOMS; MUONS MINUS; POLARIZATION; SYNTHESIS
- Descriptors DEC
- ATOMS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FERMIONS; LEPTON REACTIONS; LEPTONS; MUONS; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PRECESSION; RARE GASES
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